About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

089492 1 (1972-12-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvmz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1PF F - UNILTED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE 143 FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING, 50 FULTON STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 N RELY REFER TO: Decembr 12, 1972 34438 Vice Adiral Mark A. Whaln LM089492 Commander, 12th Coast Guard District 630 Sansome Street San Francisco, California 94126 Dear Admiral Whalen: Our survey of the effectiveness of the Coast Guards Aids to Navigation program in the 12th District is now complete. O veall, the 12th District is providing a reliable system of navigational aids which serve the needs of knowledgeable Mariners. The analytical material we developed will be provided to the Aids to Navigation Branch Chief for his use in roiewing work requirements. There is, however, a potential for reducing manpower and tender requirements in the navigational aids program. As you are aware, the Coast Guard plans, to reduce the number o buoy tenders - generally as recommended by the Boom Allen study. Although tender reductions are not planed for the 12th District, our analyses of servicing requirements shows tender workload declining with operating hours totaling only about 3,100 for fiscal year 1972 for both the Blackhaw and Red Birch. The workload is expected to drop substantially in 0973 as a result of policies to (1) decrease the frequency of routino maintenance from a minimum of once every 6 months to a maximum of once every 12 months, and (2) increase the use of small boats for Interi maintenance. Because of the decreasing workload, the possbility of consolidating the offshore tender workload for he 11th and 12th Districts ahould be studied. As with the 12th District, there is no planned reduction of tenders in the llth District. Presently, there awe 130 offshore aids in the 12th District and 75 in the 11th Ustrict being serviced by offshore tenders. Operating hours for this work is currently Sabout 1,900 hours and 1,300 hous respectively. Cambining the worikload of the two vessels with the Red Birch, a coastal tender assigned to hthe San Francisco Bay as a back-up ship, would reduce operating costs by approximately $150,000 and release personnel for other assignments. This woul bne especially helpful iith the aisptional rsponsibilities assigned the Coast Guard for oil pollution control. .j.......

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most